Bulletin . April toJune. They are all edible and are very easy to recognize. The plantconsists of two parts, the cap and the stem. The cap is covered withbroad irregular pits separated from each other by a network of narrowridges. The stem is usually quite thick and stout, and both the stemand cap are hollow. Morchclla conica is 5 to 15 cm. (2 to 6 inches) high and the capis to 5 cm. ( I to 2 inches) thick at its broadest part. The cap iselongated and more or less pointed at the upper end. The pits arearranged more or less in vertical rows. They are usually longer thanbroad but often are c
Bulletin . April toJune. They are all edible and are very easy to recognize. The plantconsists of two parts, the cap and the stem. The cap is covered withbroad irregular pits separated from each other by a network of narrowridges. The stem is usually quite thick and stout, and both the stemand cap are hollow. Morchclla conica is 5 to 15 cm. (2 to 6 inches) high and the capis to 5 cm. ( I to 2 inches) thick at its broadest part. The cap iselongated and more or less pointed at the upper end. The pits arearranged more or less in vertical rows. They are usually longer thanbroad but often are c|uite irregular in shape. There are several other species closely resembling M. conica thatare apt to be found in Illinois, but since they are all equally good toeat no harm can come from mistaking one for another of them. The morels should always be carefully washed before fried in butter they are delicious, or they may be stufifed andbaked. Collected in Champaign county. 547 Plate CXL o. en. 548 The Half-free Moree (EdiblK)MorchcIIa scinilibcra D. C. The half-free morel is so called because the lower half of the bell-shaped cap is free from the stem. It is included here because it dif-fers so greatly from MorchcIIa conica and yet is apt to be foundgrowing right along with that species. The cap is rarely more than2 or 3 cm. (i inch) long and is usually much shorter than the pits on the surface of the cap are consideral)ly longer than cap is usually considerably pointed at the top but deformed speci-mens occur in which it is hemispherical and very blunt at the stem is white or whitish, usually more or less mealy, hollow, andoften somewhat swollen at the base. The whole plant is 5 to 10 cm.(2 to 4 inches) high. It may be used in any way in which the othermorels are used. Morels should not be gathered immediately afterrains as they are then water-soaked and soon spoil. Collected in Champaign county. 549 Plate CXLI t?d
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